This doctoral study is about Mindful Design as an approach to promoting Mindfulness. The main focus of this study is to transfer the Mindful Design approach and tools for industrial design into a higher education context that can be understood and applied by design students.
Mindful Design is a design approach based on the socio-cognitive theory of Mindfulness. The concept of Mindful Design was introduced by Niedderer (2004) to describe how design products can promote and enhance mindful attention by interrupting or enhancing the user’s interaction or increase his awareness during social activities. Niedderer (2004) notes that Mindful Design can be associated with behavioural change and extends the understanding of social cognitive Mindfulness by changing the expected functions of product use.
The theoretical framework addresses the differences in Mindfulness streams, their benefits, and their applicability to design context, topics that provide an important foundation for the development of Mindful Design criteria and tools. Based on this research, design criteria were selected to increase user awareness when interacting with mindful products. Furthermore, learning and teaching theories in the context of design education were discussed to support the chosen teaching strategies for the transfer of knowledge of the Mindful Design approach to design students. These themes were crucial in determining the current research question of this doctoral study.
The research methodology focused on testing the applicability of the design and teaching tools developed to determine how socio-cognitive Mindfulness theory can be effectively and understandably introduced into the design context for design students in higher education. In Investigation One, a collection of tools and strategies were developed to determine student understanding and demonstrate the importance of the Mindful Design approach. As a result of this research, the Mindful Design Evaluation was developed and evaluated based on the socio-cognitive dimension of Mindfulness. Investigation Two sought to measure what students learned from the Mindful Design approach and whether the design proposals developed by students in the intervention group achieved higher levels of socio-cognitive Mindfulness than the design proposals proposed by the control group.
Finally, the results of Investigation Two supported the assumptions made on the basis of the findings of the theoretical framework. The tools and strategies used to teach and apply the Mindful Design approach to design students showed significant results when applied in a higher education context.:CONTENTS
0 PREFACE 1
0.1 ZUSAMMENFASSUNG 1
0.2 ABSTRACT 3
0.3 ACKNOWLEDGeMENTs 5
1 INTRODUCTION 9
1.1 Research Problem 9
1.2 Thesis Framework 14
2 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 17
2.1 MINDFULNESS 17
2.1.1 Mindfulness: Two streams 17
2.1.2 Mindfulness for subjective well-being and self-regulation 21
2.1.3 Dimensions of Mindfulness 22
2.1.3.1 Distinction between Mindfulness state and Mindfulness trait 22
2.1.3.2 Differences in the categorization of Mindfulness 23
2.1.3.3 Description of the existing Mindfulness self-report 26
2.1.4 Discussion 30
2.2 MINDFUL DESIGN 32
2.2.1 Mindful Design: Meditation, focus, and empathy 33
2.2.2 Mindful Design: Social interaction, engagement, and behaviour change 34
2.2.3 Mindful Design: Mindfulness for Mindlessness 36
2.2.4 Examples of Mindful Design 37
2.2.5 Goals of Mindful Design 40
2.2.6 Discussion 41
2.3 LEARNING THEORY AND DESIGN CLASSES 45
2.3.1 Learning and teaching theories in design higher education 45
2.3.1.1 Constructivism 47
2.3.1.2 Problem-based learning 47
2.3.1.3 Experiential Learning Theory 49
2.3.2 Differences and similarities between disciplines of product design and industrial design engineering 53
2.3.2.1 Industrial design engineering process 55
2.3.3 Tools for mindful product design 56
2.3.3.1 User-centred design tools 57
2.3.3.2 MinD Personas 60
2.3.3.3 Figurative Scenes for Mindful Design 61
2.3.3.4 MinD visual cards 62
2.3.3.5 Discussion 63
2.4 CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION OF THE THEORETICAL BACKGROUND CHAPTER 64
3 MINDFUL DESIGN EVALUATION 69
3.1.1 Development of the Mindful Design Evaluation Tool 70
3.1.1.1 Phase 1 – Selection of Statements 70
3.1.1.2 Phase 2A: Reliability, comprehensibility, and applicability 75
3.1.1.3 Phase 2B: Statements: Review 76
3.1.1.4 Limitation and adjustment 77
3.1.1.5 Measurability and evaluation 77
3.1.1.6 Phase C: Reliability assessment 78
3.1.2 Interpretation of results and discussion of the Mindful Design evaluation 79
4 EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS 83
4.1 INVESTIGATION ONE – TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MINDFUL DESIGN APPROACH 85
4.1.1 Structure of the Investigation 86
4.1.2 Sample 88
4.1.3 Materials for conducting the Investigation 88
4.1.3.1 Presentation 88
4.1.3.2 Design tools: Visual Cards, Figurative Scenes, and Personas 89
4.1.4 Materials for the evaluation of the Investigation 91
4.1.4.1 Evaluation by students 91
4.1.5 Results of Investigation One 92
4.1.5.1 Evaluation by students 92
4.1.5.2 Design Proposal 94
4.1.6 Interpretation and discussion of the results 96
4.2 INVESTIGATION Two – UNDERSTANDING AND DESIGNING BASED ON THE MINDFUL DESIGN APPROACH 101
4.2.1 Ethical approval for the Investigation 103
4.2.2 Structure of the Investigation 104
4.2.3 Sample 105
4.2.4 Materials for conducting the Investigation 106
4.2.4.1 Presentation 106
4.2.4.2 Mindful Design Visual Cards 106
4.2.4.3 Personas and Figurative Scenes 109
4.2.5 Materials for evaluation of the Investigation 111
4.2.5.1 Student Evaluation 111
4.2.5.2 Knowledge Test 112
4.2.5.3 Design proposal 113
4.2.6 Results of Investigation Two 114
4.2.6.1 Evaluation by students 115
4.2.6.2 Knowledge Tests 125
4.2.6.3 Design Proposal 134
4.3 Interpretation and Discussion of the Results 141
4.3.1.1 Student Evaluation 141
4.3.1.2 Knowledge Test 143
4.3.1.3 Design proposals 145
5 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK 149
6 DIRECTORIES 157
6.1 References 157
6.2 List of Figures 176
6.3 List of Tables 178
6.4 List of abbreviations and symbols 180
7 APPENDIX 181
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:76708 |
| Date | 23 November 2021 |
| Creators | Bosse, Michaelle |
| Contributors | Krzywinski, Jens, Raff, Jan-Henning, Paetzold, Kristin, Technische Universität Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Europäische Kommission/H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015/691001//Designing for People with Dementia: designing for mindful self-empowerment and social engagement/MinD |
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